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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  the border, stayed at an AirBnB, and spent the weekend doing very ... rest of us, left with nothing else to do, ended up standing at the stage ... us “how do you get into the calm headspace for music outside of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  This summer, living alone has given me the immense freedom to do ... Dungeons and Dragons. For those of you who do not know, Dungeons and Dragons ... characters, the intricate backstories that all of them hold. But not only do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  academic leave because I wasn't doing any work, I couldn’t do any work. I ... can still love what I do, but MIT often destroys the spark of excitement ... spring semester, I thought again that I could do it all—the classes, the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  questions that thinly concealed my stress. “Do you think he was able to find ... inside someone’s bedroom?” “Do you think he’ll be okay taking the T?” The ... East Asian Studies there and now he’s doing a PhD in number theory at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  only been half an hour. "Think like an old person?" I asked. "What do ... month. On Thursday I got around to doing an experiment I've always wanted ... do it now. I blocked the whole day out of my calendar and spent the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  This is my third year doing this; see the 2019 post and the 2020 post ... doing linguistics, so maybe I'll feel guilty enough to take actual ... piece despite being published in 1948. “They do say,” Mr. Adams said to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  doesn't make sense to me since pushing "newbies" to do more is what helps ... could be doing more, and that I was making the wrong decision by half ... in RTA would give me clarity on what I want to do for my last three

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  that seems to scream "I don't know what I'm doing." But really that has ... little and doing the same for them."]big,[/annotation] ehua, and meeting ... of these specific people who do not and would not know me. It was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  revisions for my writing class to do Wednesday, and on Thursday I had to ... could fly through this class doing 15% of the required work. I do the ... 't pile up. Even so, I keep thinking that I can do this now, sure. I'm a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  tablet[/caption] I kept doing this throughout high school, when I’d post ... note-taking and doing work, but when MIT offered the option, I thought to ... godsend. Now, I’m going to do my best to not sound like I’m being paid by

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  “scalable” long term solution! Do you have any fun stories that happened ... do you have for high school students? Sarah: College isn't all fun and ... college. All of my best memories are when I was doing something I was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  group? What's your budget per person? How many rooms do you need? Aka do people want singles/doubles etc? What locations are you looking in ... 're intended for Harvard Grad School students. Do you want a house or an

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  changed...now, i'd do anything to be able to dance at a frat. i don't know ... students ever again, but god, do i crave it; the sheer liberation of dancing ... , do i miss having the freedom to fuck up my sleep schedule in lieu of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  't had time to blog, and what I've been doing instead. The main reason ... semester, despite the challenges of doing group projects over Zoom. I ... passed (or failed) an ASE, how did you prepare? What advice do you have? If

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  , occupied with something to do. it feels froshy, sure, that’s the right word ... there’s a caller who gives instructions for everyone to do. at the plus ... ’m clueless about what i want to do with my life. i feel as if i’m wandering

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  story. What are you filming? Where are you filming? Do you need a crew and ... frustrating and I can't do it any more. I quit." Pause. "I'm fine, I'm fine, I ... background noise. 11. Start filming! Always do [annotation note="I did three

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  extremely self-conscious of everything I do, it was difficult for me to feel ... all motivation to really do anything. Thursday rolled around and we ... tired to do so. I slept around 2. I woke up on Friday at 7:45, hurriedly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  past that I do not stand by. However, I do give him props for constantly ... do the same and reevaluate their morals and values. When I first heard ... we do 3D-print, while sometimes they are perhaps little trinkets to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  . Second semester, D's and F's do not show up on your transcript, but A's, B's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my ... not particularly like writing code, that I do not and will not drop

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  say. i do agree with them that leadership is something that can be ... that's not all!!11! i do in fact still have extracurriculars to squeeze ... i really love the work that i'm doing - game design for a game that i

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019